Improvement in shoes



nitd States @me 91mm.

^ WILLIAM S. FOSTER, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA;

,Leners PatmzN. 92,950; dated July 27, 1899..

The Schedule referred to 1n these Lettersilatent and making part of thesalme.

To all whom it may concern." Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. FOSTER, ofMontgomery, in the county of Montgomery, and State 'of Alabama, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which `orm a part of thisspecification, and in which.-

Fignre 1 represents aside elevation of my shoe, andv Figures 2 and 3,bottom views of the same, showing the different modes of securing thesoles.

Similar letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing l boots and shoes byforming that part of the sole which comes in Contact with the hollow ofthe foot, by the extension of the uppers and quarters, as hereinafterfully set forth. i

To enable others skilled inthe art to which my invention appertains, tomake and use the same, I will now describe its construction andoperation.

In the accompanying drawings- A represents a shoe, B the sole, and O theheel of the same.

The solefleather, 0, only extends to the hollow of the shoe, as seen infigs. 2 and 3, and that part of the sole is formed by the extension .ofthe uppers a a, and the quarters b b to the centre of the hollow-of theshoe, at which point .they are either sewed or pegged to the innersole'of theA shoe, or they may be made to lap, andse'wed at their edges,as seen in fig. 3, by which the seam in the centre is avoided.

Having thus described my invention, v

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The extension ofthe uppers or quarters, or both, in

boots or shoes, and uniting them at the bottom, so

that the shank ofthe sole willY be dispensed with, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own,

I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

W. H. GRAVES, JAMES A. RHEA.

WM.' S. FOSTER.

